For a stretch of The Mummy, Tom Cruise’s
Nick Morton asks over and over, “That’s really your plan?” like he just can’t
believe it. And that’s essentially my reaction to Universal’s latest attempt to
kick off their “Dark Universe” where they reboot all their classic monster
movie properties with modern action spectacle trappings. 2014’s
Dracula Untold was a failed first endeavor, and I can’t help
but wonder if this uninspiring re-launch will meet a similar fate.
